March 30, 2009, 6:00PM

Donna Calhoun jokes that her surgery earlier this month to remove her diseased kidney was no more of a big deal than welcoming three sons into the world. "You just give birth to your kidney," she said recently. "At least I was out during the surgery. I had to be awake when I gave birth to them." On March... Full story »

March 24, 2009, 2:00AM

As MetroHealth Medical Center struggled to stem losses last year, the hospital paid $10.2 million to the consulting firm that its new CEO Mark Moran had just left. The hospital paid $789,000 to the same firm in 2007 -- the year before Moran was hired. Booz Allen Hamilton, which was spun off from Booz & Co. last year, was... Full story »

March 23, 2009, 6:00AM

Regional cooperation among hospitals on a potentially lifesaving treatment for people who collapse from sudden cardiac arrest is in doubt because MetroHealth Medical Center and Cleveland Emergency Medical Services do not support it. In Columbus, New York City and several other cities, ambulances take cardiac arrest patients whose hearts have been restarted by electric shock, but who remain unconscious,... Full story »

March 19, 2009, 7:35PM

The inaugural class at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University learned its residency fate Thursday on national Match Day. All of the graduating students in the class were posted to residency programs. Full story »

March 19, 2009, 7:00PM

Thursday afternoon: I celebrated with family, friends, classmates and faculty at Match Day this afternoon. After a champagne toast, I finally have a moment to collect my thoughts from the flurry of activity that just occurred. The fact that I got my first choice for my emergency medicine residency is finally hitting home. As the speakers at the ceremony... Full story »

March 19, 2009, 5:30PM

Topping out ceremonies were celebrated Thursday for the new University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center, now under construction on 53-acres at Harvard Road and Interstate 271 in Beachwood. The first phase of the facility will be part of a $230.5 million health care campus. A component of University Hospital's Vision 2010 strategic plan, the new Ahuja Medical Center will incorporate... Full story »

March 19, 2009, 11:10AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health has licensed a nonprofit business to produce medical marijuana, the first business approved under a state program that allows patients with specified conditions to have and use small amounts of marijuana. The department refused Wednesday to release the name of the business or where it is located, citing safety concerns. Department... Full story »

March 19, 2009, 10:20AM

Thursday morning: There is a hint of spring in the air as I can hear a few birds singing their morning welcomes. Just as change is coming with the seasons, my life will also change at noon as medical students across the country are matched with medical institutions for their residency. While the direction of my life has been... Full story »

March 19, 2009, 6:55AM

The National Nurses Organizing Committee, the largest nurses union in the United States, opened its first office in Ohio Wednesday. Union leaders say they'll use it to invigorate their push to improve working conditions for nurses and health care for every one. "We're going to be a very powerful voice and presence in the legislature for patients and nurses in... Full story »

March 18, 2009, 3:25PM

Wednesday: One more day until Match Day! I have the same energized feeling that I used to have on Christmas Eve as a child (though I must admit my apprehension level is much greater for Match Day than it was for what new toys I would be receiving). While I am hoping for my first choice, I know that... Full story »

March 18, 2009, 9:35AM

The Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio has received $95,000 to help keep its mid-Ohio patients out of the hospital and among the comforts of home. The money, part of the $410 billion federal Omnibus bill that passed the Senate last week, will pay for equipment that tracks the health status of seriously ill patients in the state's rural areas. Full story »

March 17, 2009, 5:00PM

Tuesday: "Black Monday," the day when medical students find out whether they've matched into a residency, has come and gone. I received confirmation from the National Resident Match Process that I matched into a residency in emergency medicine and will find out on Thursday — known across the country as "Match Day" — which institution it will be. This... Full story »

March 17, 2009, 12:12PM

WASHINGTON — You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes. Doctors long suspected diabetes damaged blood vessels that supply the brain. It now seems even more insidious, that the damage may start before someone... Full story »

March 16, 2009, 8:00PM

One of the most obvious signs of the sagging economy has been staring us right in the face. The number of cosmetic procedures performed in the United States dropped more than 12 percent between 2007 and 2008. It's the second significant decrease since 1997, when The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery began collecting the data. "It's definitely the... Full story »

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